Archive for February 9th, 2016

OPERATING with the perceived wisdom that “the bookies are always right”, with just two and a half weeks to voting, we had a look at how the 2016 General Election betting is shaping up for the new five seat Kerry constituency. According to Paddy Power, they’re banking on business as usual for four current […]

IT’S Pancake Tuesday and all over town people are tucking into the sweet and savoury treats before the onset of Lent. To celebrate the day, the Shanakill Women’s Group came together in the Shanakill Family Resource Centre and held a pancake flipping competition. On Mondays the Shanakill Women’s Group regularly come together and take part in a host […]

Scór Sinsear: Congratulations to our very talented bailéad ghrúpa who were crowned county champions on Saturday night last at the county final of Scór Sinsear in Castleisland. Their rendition of ‘The Ballad of John Williams’ and ‘The Mad Lady and Me’ received tremendous applause from a very receptive audience. They […]

THREE Kerry properties, including a cottage in Banna with a €30,000 reserve, have been added to the catalogue for the next Allsop Auction which takes place in February. The property in Banna, a bungalow in Moyvane and a dormer-style house in Caherdaniel have been added to the apartment in Tralee,  house in Listowel […]

VOTING for the 2016 Doodle4Google awards has now opened and three Kerry schoolchildren need your votes. Members of the public can now vote online until the closing date of February 14. Seanie Feehan, from Scoil Niamh Eirc, Kilmoyley, and Kyran Boyle and Jack Lynch, both from Scoil Nuachabháil, Ballymacelligott, are among […]

A GROUP based in Blennerville called ‘The Mothers and Others’ are coming together to run a mini-marathon  in Dublin on June 6 in aid of the Kerry Hospice. Behind the charity drive is Andrea O’Donoghue whose father Tony O’Donoghue, sadly passed away after a battle with cancer in 2014. “I’ve experienced […]

  THE woman who died tragically in a fall on Stradbally mountain on Sunday was from Knocknagoshel. Mary Cotter, who was in her early 50s, was out with a group of hill walkers when she slipped and fell on the mountain in west Kerry. The mother of three worked as a midwife in […]

A FAMILY from The Kerries held a great event over Christmas and raised over €700 for a great cause. Michelle McEllligott opened her home in the Kerries and held a floral display with a large crowd attending and giving generously to Recovery Haven. “The event was a pre-Christmas floral demonstration night […]